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A Country within a Country: Understanding San Francisco's Chinatown
In this activity, students use a range of primary and secondary sources about San Francisco's Chinatown (1880s-1920) to explore what the community meant to residents and to outsiders.
Tags: Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese Immigration, Common Core Reading, Common Core Writing, Group Work, Lessons in Looking
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)
Debating Immigration Restriction: The Ellis Island Era
In this activity, students consider arguments for and against unrestricted immigration during the Ellis Island era. Students analyze political cartoons, letters, newspaper articles, posters, and other sources, noting evidence in the documents to [...]
Tags: Common Core Reading, Group Work, Lessons in Looking, Reading Supports, Role Play and Debate, Using Political Cartoons
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)
Create a Walking Tour of San Francisco's Chinatown
In this activity students learn about the people and places, and the social rules that governed them, in San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1800s. Students develop a character based on the real people who lived in Chinatown, and then create a walking [...]
Tags: Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese Immigration, Common Core Reading, Group Work, Lessons in Looking, Role Play and Debate
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)